Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 07, 2023

good one Patty!

Why are you calling on the teacher to answer the question when she doesn’t know the answer, Patty?

It’s like a sixth sense really.

To show you they know you: a) aren’t paying attention b) haven’t done your homework c) are just coasting through life.

Do you mean to say that there was a time that you did know the answer?

My fourth grade teacher did that. It’s one thing to call on the kids without their hand up to answer a question to embarrass them. But she NEVER called on us who did have our hand up and it got discouraging. I decided to stop putting my hand up and let her think I didn’t know the answers and eventually she did call on me and I gave the right answer. She looked a bit disappointed.

Peppermint Patty will be shocked when she finds out Francis Bacon was male.

When you know the answer, raise your hand.

I suspect PP listens to the teacher with about as attention as she pays to Marcie. That is to say, ziltch.

PP, you’d do swell in today’s Gov. Ed. Public schools: No wrong answers; everyone gets an equity grade; real subjects like Math & History are considered racist. Yeah .. explains a lot!

This may explain why I was bored out of my gourd in school.

Because teachers like to test your knowledge.

Ah, Patty dearie, that’s the great riddle of life. Questions come at ya when you’re in the dark.

It’s called Murphey’s Law, Patty.

There are about a thousand corollaries.

For before the semester ends, there’s 1 month of school to go.

I remember my daughter’s third-grade teacher complaining about this. The teacher always called on my daughter when she had a book hidden in her lap reading during a lesson. My daughter always knew the answer.

Hmm starting to make sense actually…

I seemed to have a terrible feeling that the teacher was going to call on me whenever I didn’t know the answer.

It’s a valid question.

Isn’t THAT the eternal question?

A Spanish professor was good at nailing the unprepared students. The ones looking down and trying to hide were his favorite targets.

Knowledge is power. France is bacon.

ESP

It’s in your eyes Patti, teachers can see fear.. or confidence in your eyes and use that power to dominate you.

It’s a teacher superpower…

Teachers see those beads of sweat that appears on the foreheads of kids who don’t know the answer. And they can smell fear.

Teacher replies, " cuz "…

A mystery that will never be solved……

Patty needs to learn the lesson of the two Frances vs Francis. With an “e” is as in “her”. With an “i” is as in “him”.

You know why.

It’s called “Teacher Magic”.

Some teachers excel in embarrassing students

Because some teachers like embarrassing their students. Once, my freshman algebra teacher put a problem on the board and called on me to solve it. He could see that I didn’t know the answer, so he said “Guess”, in such a way as to embarrass me, and it worked.

She has a 99% chance of finding you when you don’t know the answer.

You know the answer, Peppermint Patty?Not likely.

That’s life Patty, get over it.

The mystery of the ages.

Teachers live in mortal fear of Peppermint Patty and her questions

This is a legitimate question.